Rare earth element contained substrate for heat generating device

ABSTRACT

A rare earth element contained substrate for heat generating device contains the rare earth elements, compounds of rare earth elements, or rare earth minerals so as to heighten its withstanding temperature and improve its heat dissipation, and it is also able to radiate a for infrared ray and yield negative ions for purifying the air.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a rare earth element containedsubstrate, for generating device, and more particularly, to a substratefor the neat generating device, where the substrate contains the rareearth elements, compounds of rare earth elements, or rare earth onminerals so as to heighten its withstanding temperature and improve itsheat dissipation, and it is able to radiate a far infrared ray and yieldnegative tons for purifying the air.

2. Description of the Prior Art

As it is well known, a conventional electrical heating device is usuallymade of a metallic wire, metallic bar, or metallic plate withsubstantially high resistance; sometime it is formed into a tubular heatgenerating device containing an electrical heater wire in it.

No matter what the heat generating element is made of a metallic wire(electrical heater wire) a metallic bar (electrical heater bar), ametallic plate (electrical heater plate), or an electrical heater tube,it has the fallowing noticeable defects:

-   -   1. The heat generating device made of the aforesaid elements has        several common disadvantages that it radiates a harmful        electromagnetic wave, and produces useless light energy loss        when carrying a current.    -   2. Being made of resistant material the a foresaid elements        generate available heat when carrying a current However, it is        problematic as to haw to precisely estimate the obtainable heat        energy from a given element of a predeterminded size such as        length and cross section because all of the aforesaid heat        generating elements have indefinite properties difficult to        figure out.    -   3. With the unsolved problems discussed above, the conventional        electrical heating devices are definitely not qualified for use        in present day high technical electronic industry.

For improving the noticeable defends on the prior art, the inventor hasdedicated great efforts for years and has applied patents for inventionor new models to intelligence property office in Taiwan, for example:“Electrical Heater Film” (Taiwan Pat. App. No. 93114226) “ElectricalHeater Film as Heating Device” (Taiwan Pat. App. No. 93214315), and“Uniform Temperature Heat Conducting Surface Board” (Taiwan Pat. App.No. 93215909).

In the above mentioned electrical heating devices the electrical heaterfilm is made of semiconductor material and is fabricated according tothe fabrication process of a semiconductor device. In order to avoiddegrading the heat production efficiency, occurrence of an electricshock or radiation of harmful electromagnetic wave when carrying acurrent, the inventor has provided a ceramic substrate. Notwithstandingits excellent heat energy preservation effect, the ceramic substrate isfragile and frangible, and from a certain angle of view, it isnoticeable for poor heat dissipation. The continuation of the researchin this respect has finally brought up the inventor to come up with thepresent invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the main object of the present invention is to provide aheat generating device which can radiate far infrared ray good forhealth of the human body and yield negative ions for air purification.

The another object of the present invention is to provide a heatgenerating device whose strength of ceramic substrate can be enhanced toresist extraneous breaking force and assist to improve heat generatingefficiency and heat dissipation effect.

To achieve the above objects, the heat generating device of the presentinvention uses rare earth element contained ceramic substrate, the rareearth elements come from adding material containing rare earth elements,their chemical compounds or minerals. The substrate is formed intovarious shapes such as a flat plate

tubular or porous state.

For further understanding of the nature and objects of the invention,reference should be made to the fallowing detailed description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings showings below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1

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3 a and 3 b show respectively first to forth examples of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In the present invention, the substrate of the heat generating device ismade of high temperature with standing material containing the rareearth elements which are extracted from the mineral ores containing therare earth elements.

In present-day, there are more than ten rare earth elements discoveredexisting in the earth namely! Th

Ce

La

Pr

Nd

Sm

Eu

Gd

Yt

Dy

Ho

Be

Er

Lu

Sc

Ta

Tu etc. They can be extracted from the minerals are containing the samesuch as arthite, and others are Ce—Si ore

P—Ce—La ore

Si—Be—Gd ore

Yt-Ta Ore and phosphate ore. The substrate contains the family of therare earth elements in the form elements, compounds, or ores.

The ceramic substrate made of violet celestite has a high melting pointas high as 1400° c., and its mechanical strength increases in proportionto the temperature up to 1200° c. so as to contribute to enhancing thestability of the heat generating device. Adding the rare earth elementsinto the substrate makes the heat generating device to have an excellentheat generating efficiency and better heat dissipation performanceaccompanying with a mechanically strong substrate. Moreover, hisradiation of a far infrared ray and yielding negative ions when beenheated contributes to functioning remote heating and purification ofair.

EXAMPLE 1

As shown in FIG. 1, the rare earth element contained substrate of theheat generating device according to the present invention is formed intoa multi-layered substrate 2 accommodated in a hair dryer 1. When beingheated, the far infrared ray radiated from, and the negative ionsproduced, serve to quickly dry the hair and protect the hairs inharmless condition.

EXAMPLE 2

As shown in FIG. 2, the rare earth element contained substrate of thepresent invention is incorporated with a cellular ceramic heatgenerating device 3. By so, the porous ness of the heat generatingdevice 3 assists the substrate to fully make use of its feature of therare earth element material to upgrade the heat generation and radiationof a far infrared ray effects.

EXAMPLE 3

As shown in FIGS. 3 a and 3 b, the rare earth element containedsubstrate may be formed into various shapes of a flat plate 4, acircular tube 5, or others.

In all the heat generating device of the present invention has severalnoteworthy features attributed to its rare earth element containedsubstrate. The rare earth elements contained in the substrate not onlyserves to improve the mechanical strength of the substrate itself, butalso contribute, to promote heat generation far infrared ray radiation,and yielding negative ions by the heat generating device.

It is understood that the present invention is a high level technicalcreation and by no means, simply utilizes conventional technology, orknowledge known prior to the application for patent, or can easily madeby persons skilled in the arts. Prior to this application for patent,the invention has never been published, therefore present invention isentitled for applying patent.

Those who are skilled in the art will readily perceive how to modify theinvention. Therefore the appended claims are to be construed to coverall equivalent structures which fall within the true scope and spirit ofthe invention.

1. A rare earth element contained substrate for heat generating devicewherein said substrate being made of a high temperature withstandingmaterial containing the rare earth element material.
 2. The substrate asclaimed in claim 1, wherein said rare earth element material is the rareearth elements, the compound of rare earth elements, or the rare earthelement minerals.
 3. The substrate as claimed in claim 1, wherein saidsubstrate is configurated into a flat plate, or a circular tube.
 4. Thesubstrate as claimed in claim 2, wherein said substrate is configuratedinto a flat plate, or a circular tube.